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National Council of Jewish Women

Location: New York, NY

Category: Advocacy or Public Service

Nancy K. Kaufman

CEO

The National Council of Jewish Women is a Jewish volunteer organization that supports progressive issues and social justice, focusing primarily on issues related to women, children and families. The 118-year-old organization was founded in the spirit of women’s empowerment and the advancement of Jewish ideals of social justice. In recent years, NCJW has launched campaigns to support women’s reproductive rights and access to contraception, promote and protect the right to vote, and combat domestic violence.

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Nancy Kaufman serves as the National Council of Jewish Women’s CEO. She previously served as executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Boston. She also worked as a deputy director of the Governor’s Office of Social Policy in Massachusetts, deputy commissioner of the Welfare Department for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and assistant secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. She has received numerous awards, including the Jewish Funds for Justice’s Woman of Valor Award in 2007.

2016

Institution Revenue: $4,394,984

Institution Total Expenses: $4,768,703

Employees: 40

Salary: $259,644

2014

Institution Revenue: $5,628,283

Institution Total Expenses: $4,900,548

Employees: 40

Salary: $260,305

Underpaid by: 7%

For information on previous years, see here.

For information on other Jewish nonprofits, see here.

For information on other Jewish religious and education leaders, see here.

¹ _{Interim head of organization}

² _{Data from 2012}

³ _{Data from 2011}

⁴ _{Data from 2010}

⁵ _{Data from 2009}

⁶ _{Data from 2008}

⁷ _{Data from 2007}

⁸ _{Includes payment from SWC Museum Corp.}

⁹ _{Predecessor’s salary}

¹⁰ _{Partial year}

¹¹ _{Not a 501(c)3}

¹² _Annualized

¹³ _{Position currently vacant}

¹⁴ _{As per Form 990, JNF declined to comment}

¹⁵ _{Base salary}

¹⁶ _{Data from president-elect period}

¹⁷ _{2010 Employees}

¹⁸ _{Legally exempt from public disclosure of salary}

¹⁹ _{Highest paid professional, not CEO}

²⁰ _{Paid from two related organizations}

²¹ _{Data from 2013}

²² _{Data from 2014}

²³ _{Data from 2015}

²⁴ _{Includes a one-time honorarium of $55,000}

²⁵ _{Data from 2017}

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